Limping Along

I’m still a pain in the butt, but I’m getting along. I’ve just lowered my expectations about what I can get done each day. I did crank up the lawnmower and cut the grass. It seems that walking doesn’t aggravate it much and lying around doesn’t improve it much. I’m going to do what I can and see if it eases up.

We had our 6-month dental check-up today. I think it’s funny how I have to floss twice a day and rigorously brush my teeth yet I still get plaque build-up, while Penny casually brushes and flosses some and gets very little plaque. The hygienists said it was all about the pH of your saliva. We are scheduled to go back again in September but I haven’t gone the 6 months without something causing me to go in for years now. I either pop a crown or, as I did in October, fall and crack some teeth. About 35 years ago when I was going to our first dentist here—the fresh out of school Dr Grace—he said that I would have good teeth for the rest of my life. He was right. I just have to take the time to take care of them.

We were a Neilson Family this week. We logged every TV show we watched and who was watching in little books, one for each TV. Tomorrow we seal up the books and send them back to Neilson. This is the second time we’ve participated in the Neilson survey. They are quite aggressive with reminders to fill out the books. We got 2 phone calls before the books came, 4 postcards reminding us, and a phone call in the middle of the week to make sure we had no difficulty. They even include a dollar bill in with the books as thanks for participating.

KITTY UPDATE—All 5 cats are showing up each evening now. 3 of them were out there this morning—usually none of them are here then. Today Marmalade slept outside our sunroom door all day. At feeding time this evening Bianca curled up in my lap before I fed them. Then after all had eaten, the cats went off in separate directions except for Bianca who came back and curled up in my lap again. I think she would have stayed there for a long time. I had to lift her off me to go inside. Bianca is not just there for the food.